This is an analysis of To Poesy by Charles Harpur.

Yet do not thou forsake me now,
Poesy, with Peace-together!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaacbdbaaeb dXfffX gXffXh ghiich dhXijh XkjjXk Xbcceb jcjjlc lbffXb
  • Stanza lengths: 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11110111 1001010 1010101 011100101 01101111 11010 01010101 010111010 1110101 11111101 01011101 01010 110010111 010101000 1011101 11010101 11111101 01100 11011101 110011010 1010101 10001101 010101000 11010 10011111 110101010 1110101 11010101 11010101 01010 1110101 110111110 0010100 11011111 10010101 11010 11001100 010101010 1010101 110111001 11010111 11010 10010011 111101010 1110101 01000101 10111111 11110 10111101 110101010 0111111 11110011 01011111 11010 11011101 110111010 1010101 01011101 11010011 01010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

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